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“I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Autism #Special #Study
“It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Differences #Making A Difference #Matter
“And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Letting Go #Successful #Thinking
“The message I'll share...is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Kids #Important #Messages
“My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Mother #Dream #Taught
“The greatest glory never comes from falling, but from rising each time you fall.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Fall #Rising #Glory
“I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Thinking #Afterlife #Littles
“I thought about that the other day after I went to the grocery store and had to sign fifteen autographs before leaving. On one hand, it's just so flattering. On the other hand, sometimes it would be nice to get the bread and leave, you know?”
-- Clay Aiken

#Nice #Hands #Leaving
“Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Sweet #Opportunity #Years
“The biggest problem I had - and the biggest problem teenagers have - is not how they dress, how they look or how they act or talk. It's how they see themselves - their self-esteem. In the tenth grade, I realized I am who I am. I've got big ears and big feet. I can etiher sulk around or I can be happy with who I am. The minute I decided to be confident with who I was, all that other stuff stopped. It's all in the way you carry yourself.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Teenager #Self Esteem #Feet
“I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Children #Lying #Way
“Pain happens to everyone. To grow up, to fulfill your potential, to develop into what God wants you to be-this process takes support. No one succeeds alone.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Growing Up #Pain #Support
“I did get a degree in special education.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Graduation #Special #Degrees
“As long as you're living right, then you don't have to worry about what people see.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Life #Long #People
“I like to talk. I'm a terrible dancer. I love my hometown. I have freckles and oversized ears. I'm a geeks. I have tried not to hide who I am or what matters to me.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Honesty #What Matters #Who I Am
“A song is like a smile. If you meet people from another country, even if you don't speak the same language, you know what a smile means. A song works the same way. Music produces feelings that need no translation.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Country #Song #Mean
“I'd hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Jobs #Hate #People
“I sometimes think I might be autistic because I like to know - I need to know - my beginnings and my ends. I don't have to be in control of it, but I need to know what's going on.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Thinking #Needs #Might
“When the answer to all my dreams is as close as a touch away, why am I here holding back what I'm trying to say?”
-- Clay Aiken

#Friendship #Dream #Trying
“I am never going to sound like Johnny Mathis.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Sound
“I really love live performing!”
-- Clay Aiken

#Performing
“I think there is a predisposition among Christians that Hollywood is anti-Jesus or anti-Christianity. I was warned I'd have to fight to maintain the freedom to express my beliefs. It's an unfair stereotype, and so far that's been the farthest from the truth. While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Christian #Jesus #Fighting
“Working with children with autism has provided me with an opportunity to see the world in a different way. I see them strive to overcome obstacles and persevere, and learn to persevere myself. They are my inspiration.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Children #Inspiration #Opportunity
“I donâ€™t really do New Yearâ€™s resolutions because I donâ€™t think you should have to wait until December to start working on how to change yourself. I think if youâ€™ve got a problem, you need to fix it now.”
-- Clay Aiken

#New Year #Thinking #Years
“Well, financially it's a little bit better. But it's better than than when I was a teacher. But I kind of - it's allowed me to buy a house. And I've been able to help my mother with some stuff and my brother. So, that's nice.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Mother #Teacher #Brother
“There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Stars #Exposure
“I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Idols #Sixteen #Tvs
“I had the greatest time on Broadway and made friends I never expected to make!”
-- Clay Aiken

#Broadway #Made #Expected
“Actually, I dont hate cats, Im just kind of afraid of them.”
-- Clay Aiken

#Hate #Cat #Kind
“I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.”
-- Clay Aiken

#School #Kids #Opportunity

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